272 KECORD OF SCIENCE FOR 1886. 



ScuDPER, Samuel H. — Coutinued. 



raphy, Characteristics, and Geological history — Table showing Geological 

 Distribution. (1) Order Acari; Leach. (2) Order Chelonethi, Thorell. (3) 

 Order Anthraconiarti, Karsh. (4) Order Pedipalpi, Latreille. (5) Order 

 Scorpiones, Thorell. (6) Order Opiliones, Sundevall. (7) Order Aranaje, 

 Sundevall. Insecta; Bibliography; Characteristics and Development. 

 A. Paliieodictyoptera, Goldeuberg. Bibliography. (1) Section Orthopter- 

 oidea, Scudder. (2) Section Neuropteroidea, Scudder. (3) Section Heniip- 

 teroidea, Scudder. (4) Section Coleopteroidea, Scudder. B. Heteromata- 

 bola, Packard. (1) Order Orthoptera, Olivier. Bibliography. (2) Order 

 Neuroptera, Linne. Bibliography. (3) Order Hemiptera, Linue. Bibli- 

 ography. (4) Order Coleoptera, Linne. Bibliography. C. Metabola, 

 Packard. (5) Order Dlptera, Linne. Bibliography. (6) Order Lepidop- 

 tera, Linne. Bibliography. (7) Order Hymenoptera, Linne. Bibliog- 

 raphy, History, and Distribution of Fossil Insects. Tables showing the 

 geological distribution of insects. Table of comparative distribution of ex- 

 tinct and existing orders. Comparative histories of Myriopoda, Arachnida, 

 and Hexapoda. Table indicating the chronological range of preserved an- 

 cestral and extinct stocks. Index. 



Scudder, Samuel H. Systematiscbe Uebersicht der fossilen Myriapo- 

 den, Arachnoideu und lusekteu, pp. 721-831 of Zittel's Haiidbuch der 

 Palseontologie, I. Abtheilung, PaUvozoologie, Bd. ii, 1885. (Amer. 

 Jour. Sci., 3d ser., vol, xxxi, pp. 403-101, May, 1886. New Haveu.) 



Notice of. 



Scudder, Samuel H. Scudder's Fossil lusects. (Amer. Nat., vol. 

 XX, pp. 369, 370, April, 1886. Philadelphia.) 



Brief review of Scudder's Contribution to Zittel. 



Seely, Henry G. Department of the Interior. Keport of the U. 

 S. Geological Survey of the Territories : F. V. Haydeii, U. S. Geolo- 

 gist, in charge, vol. in. The vertebrata of the Tertiary Formations 

 of the West; Book 1, by Edward D. Cope. Washington, Govern, 

 ment Printing Office, 1883. (Geol. Mag., new ser.. Decade in, vol. 

 Ill, pp. 410-119. September; Id., 465-477; October; LI 512-521, 

 November, 1886. London.) 



An illustrated review and abstract of the work. 



Seely, Henry M. The Genus Strephochetus ; Distribution and Spe- 

 cies. (Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., vol. xxxii, pp. 31-34. July, 1886. 

 New Haven.) 



Specimens occur at points 60 miles apart, and wherever the middle Chazy 

 occurs, either on the western or eastern side of Lake Champlain, there one 

 may look for S. ocellatus The author adds three new species, S. Brainerdi, 

 S. atratus, and S. Riclimondensis, Miller sp. 



In issuing the extras the author also distributed two hektograph plates of illus- 

 trations of the genus. 



Seely, Henry M. The genus Strephochetus ; distribution and spe- 

 cies. (Nature, vol. XXXIV, 1886. London and New York.) 



Notice of. {See American Journal of Science, July.) 



Shaler, N. S. Preliminary Report on the Geology of the Cobscook 

 Bay District, Maiue. Published by permission of the Director oC 



